It's fitting that Christmas cards should feature Victorian images since Christmas as we know it with
decorated trees and gifts is a fairly recent invention. It wasn't until periodical images circulated in the
1848 featuring
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and family around a decorated tree that the
notion of celebrating the day with decorations for the home and gifts took hold in the public imagination, and gifts that
used to be given for the new year were instead given at Christmas. Around the same time, Thomas Nast contributed
Christmas drawings to Harper's Weekly featuring our modern day version of Santa Claus as a jolly, portly
gentleman in a fur suit delivering gifts from a sleigh. The card designs make use of Victorian graphics
for nostalgia and humor.
If you're interested in ordering cards, please scroll to the bottom of the page for sampler pack selections. If
you choose the "Custom" card selection, then note the name of the card (listed under the card images)
in the text field provided. Note that "Front" and "Inside" are images for the same card:
"Front" is the design on front of the card, and "Inside" is the inside message.
CHR Christmas Past - Front
CHR Christmas Past - Inside
CHR Christmas Lady
CHR Sugar Free Holiday - Front
CHR Sugar Free Holiday - Inside
CHR Little Ones Christmas - Front
CHR Little Ones Christmas - Inside
CHR Santa on His Way - Front
CHR Santa on His Way - Inside
CHR Lords Aleaping - Front
CHR Lords Aleaping - Inside
CHR Christmas Dreams
Had Matter Line Christmas Card Sampler Pack options The sampler pack includes 12 cards printed on
ivory heavy duty cardstock with matching envelopes. Cards are approximately 5"x7" and don't
require special postage. Each pack includes four of three different card designs: the "Nostalgia"
pack includes 1. CHR Christmas Past, 2. CHR Christmas Dreams, and 3. CHR Santa on His Way;
the "Humorous" pack includes 1. CHR Christmas Lady, 2. CHR Lords Aleaping,
and 3. CHR Sugar Free Holiday. For the
"Custom" pack, you can specify three card designs in the text field.
Had Matter Line Christmas Card Sampler Pack: $36.00 USD with free shipping
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